Thomas mahahan



T. MANAHAN.

GARMENT BAG.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1919 Patented Oct. 21,1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS MANAHAN, OF NEW YORK, Ni Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

Application filed July 24, 1919. Serial No. 313,083.

practically air tight'and vermin proof.

a bamboo ree My invention further relates to certain details of construction and combinations which will be more fully hereinafter de scribed in the specification and set forth in the claims.

The accompanying drawings, referred to herein and constituting a part hereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view partly broken away for purposes of clearer illustration;

Fig. 2 is a view substantially on the line 2, 2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, but showing the bag closed by the split sealing tube;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 1 looking in the dlrection of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view partly broken away of the split sealing tube; and

Fig. 5 is a perspectlve view of the preferred form of reinforcing member which I employ.

In garment bags now on the market it is customary to fold down and seal the front flap of the ba and. secure. within the fold to give reinforcement and rigidity to the bag. It is found, however, that by sealing down one of the flaps a perfeet closure cannot be obtained, permitting dust to work into the bag and also permitting insects or vermin to reach the garment.

]By no invention I make a cheaper and -more e cient bag in that I do away-with the necessity of using a reed or rod, which adds materially to the expense of the bag, and I form a bag with a tighter closure. Tn my bag the front flap is free or unsecured, so that coacting with the rear flap it will, when folded over and held by the split sealing tube, make a much better and tighter closure than is permitted in the bags which now employ a reed held in. place by turning over and sealing the front flap of the bag. I

I obtain the required rigidity and reinforcement by securing a reinforcing memher to the back of the bag, preferably onthe inside, and secure it in its proper position by means of the hooks for supporting the garment within the bag.

In the drawings, 1 is my improved garment bag formed of the front 2, rear 3 and ends 4 and 5. The front 2 is provided with a free flap 6, which is unsecured. The back of the bag is provided with the flap7.

Mounted on the back 3 and preferably within the bag I locate my reinforcing member 8 which is preferably of heavy cardboard and is preferably of substantially the width of the bag so as to give strength and rigidity to the bag. This reinforcing member is held in its proper position by means of the gar ment hooks 9, 9, which extend through it and through the metal plate\10- to which the holding hook 11 is secured. The ends 12 of the hook 9 are bent down so as to secure the reinforcing member 8, the back 3 of the bag, and the metal plate'lO together.

I preferably, though not necessarily, reinforce the ends of my back by strips of fabric 13.

It. will be seen that my bag has a neat appearance,.will open readily, that it is strong and durable, has the required rigidity to insure that it will not buckle, and that when the two flaps 7 and 6 are folded over, as in Fig. 2 and are secured by the sliding split tube 14 they insure practically. an air tight closure and one which will prevent either dust or vermin reaching the garment within the bag.

Havingthus described this invention in connection with an illustrative embodiment thereof, to the details of which Ido not desire to be limited, what is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. The combination in a garment bag of a remforcing strip and hooks to hold the garment within the bag, said hooks securing the reinforcing strip to the bag.

2. The combination in a garment bag of a reinforcing strip mounted within the bagtially the width of the bag, and mounted within the bag to give it strength and rigidity, and hooks to hold the garment within the bag; said hooks securing the reinforcing strip to the bag.

4. The combination of an air tight and vermin proof garment bag having the front flap turned down and unfastened to the bag,

a reinforcing strip extending substantially the Width of the bag to give 1t strength and rigidity, and hooks to support the garment in the bag, said hooks securing the reinforcing strip to the bag, and a sliding split tube to slide over both free ends of the bagand form an air tight seal protecting the garment from dust and vermin.

5. The combination of an air tight and vermin proof garment bag having the front flap turned down and unfastened to the bag, a reinforcing strip of paper extending substantially the Width of the bag to give it strength and rigidity, and located on the inside of the 'back of the bag, and hooks to support the garment in the bag, said hooks securing the reinforcing strip to the bag, and a sliding split tube to slide over both free ends of the bag and form an air tight I seal protecting the garment from dust and vermin.

. THOMAS MANAHAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN ARNAUD, Amer. A. SMUT. 

